#161B3C#161B3C

#161B3C is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.063 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B3C
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 60)
HSL	hsl(232, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(232, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 55%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.14, 9.49, -22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.14, 24.01, 293.29°)
OKLab	oklab(23.76% 0.0045 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(23.76% 0.063 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.5382, 1.2806, 4.4402)
Luminance	0.0128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B3C #3C3716

analogous

#162E3C #161B3C #24163C

triadic

#161B3C #3C161B #1B3C16

tetradic

#161B3C #3C162E #3C3716 #163C24

square

#161B3C #3C162E #3C3716 #163C24

split-complementary

#161B3C #3C2416 #2E3C16

monochromatic

#080A16 #080A16 #161B3C #262F69 #374396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.72

#161B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#161B3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B3C

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B3C	1.00	16.72	1.26	16.72
#FFFFFF	16.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B1F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#071C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#042228

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.063 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575772',
    500: '#161b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b3c;
$custom-light: #575772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.105,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23756,
    "c": 0.06303,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B3C

secondary

#736C3B

accent

#C552D6

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030308

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B3C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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